Principal Lab Support Engineer

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Greenfield, IN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations. Discover Impactful Work: As a Principal Lab Support Engineer, your role will be to Coordinates and oversees technical support, repairs and maintenance for laboratory equipment within the department. Oversees and assists group leaders and scientists in laboratory operations such as scheduling, resource management, technical, personnel and compliance related issues. Plans, directs, and implements improvements in systems, processes and procedures to increase efficiency, productivity and quality in the laboratory.

Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.
• Bachelor's degree (Life Sciences degree preferred) or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience to provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 12+ years). In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
• Understanding of GLP environment
• Excellent technical capabilities with running and troubleshooting HPLC/UPLC, LC GC etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Proven team management skills
• Excellent computer skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving abilities
• Excellent leadership skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain laboratory equipment. Focus on LC and GC instrumentation but will also oversee other support instrumentation.
• Provide scientific and technical consulting.
• Interact with internal and external clients on project-specific issues.
• Participate in multidisciplinary project teams to ensure projects progress smoothly.
• Attend team meetings to communicate progress of projects and issues to senior management.
• Works with other scientists in the department to troubleshoot equipment.
• Initiate and implement plans to develop and improve areas in the laboratory for greater efficiency, productivity and quality.
• Create and implement novel approaches to new applications and method development to prove productivity and expand business.
• Prepare manuscripts for publication in scientific journals and posters for presentation at symposia.
• Evaluate lab support records for compliance with SOPs, reviews for completeness and accuracy and reports findings.

Benefits

• competitive remuneration
• annual incentive plan bonus
• healthcare
• a range of employee benefits
• innovative, forward-thinking organization
• outstanding career and development prospects
• exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal